The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5698. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1931. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE PRICE TEN CENT§ sS CHARRED BODIES FOUND IN WAKE OF FOREST FIRES U. S. CRUISER To EnterVConventr REVOLT BREAKS OUT IN ANOTHER CENTRALREGION Liberal Regime in Honduras Threatened, Due to Un- employment Unrest NAVY CRAFT RUSHED TO SCENE, UPRISING General Ferrere Believed Acting in Conjunction with Sandino WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20. —The Navy dispatched three cruis- ers Sunday to protect American citizens on the north coast of Hon- duras where a revolution broke out against the Liberal regime of President Meji Colidires late last Saturday. The revolutionary leaders say they do not intend to molest Am- ericans and other foreigners. Commanders of the American ships have been ordered not to send forces inland. The outbreak is said to be due to unrest on account of the un- employment conditions. * Associated Press Photo Dorothy Knapp, star of several New York musical shows and high- salaried artists’ model, is studying to take the veil. She will enter a convent in Mexico. SPANIARDS TO CAST BALLOTS EARLY IN MAY Will Vote on Members of National Assembly— New Constitution i SANDINO IMPLICATED | MEXICO CITY, April 20.—Belief that the revolution in Honduras is related to operations of insurgents under General Sandino, Nicaraguan insurrectionist, gains ground here. Observers. point .out.that. General Ferrere, who is believed back of the Honduras outbreak, is a pro- | nonced enemy against American | intervention, actively sharing San- | dino’s views fn this regard. | e e s o o | KIDNAPPING 1S CHARGED Eight Months' Board Bill Not Paid—Girl kept from Mother | MADRID, Spain, April 20.—The Republican Government plans to hold elections early in May for | members of a National Assembly, {the Associated Press has learned from reliable sources. A new constitution will be writ- ,ten and a Government formulated {to succeed the Provisional Gov- ernment, | RESCINDS CREDIT CONTRACT | MADRID, April 20.—The Re- | publican Government announces |it has.decided to rescind a §60,- CHICAGO, IlL., April 20.—Mrs. 000,000 foreign credit contract re- Josephine Hogap, operator of a cently negotiated by a group of boarding house for bables, has been International Banking interests, on arrested accused of kidnapping one the ground there was no official of her charges, on complaint Of neeq for the credit. Mrs. Ruth Bontique. The loan was negotiated before Mrs. Bontique said Mrs. Hogan tne Monarchy fell. The credit was refused to return her three-year- p,rimarily for the purpose of stab- old daughter Daisy because a board jyjization of the peseta. The Repub- bill of eight months was not paid 'jjcans claim there has been no Mrs. Hogan sald the child Was neeq for such measures to bolster placed with a family in Terre up Spanish money. Haute, Indiana, because she was ill. | She asserted she would reveal the | IS RECOGNIZED ie whgR DL bours: | BRUSSELS, April 20.—The Gov- a . '] | ernment of Belgium has recognized THuMAs ASHE | the new Spanish Republic. 1 AFTEH PRIZEed in authoritative circles that Great Britain will recognize the | G. B. IS TO ACT LONDON, April 20.—It is assert- MARRIAGE BILL * LASTSATURDAY [ Bill to Legalize Common i Law Marriages Is Indef- initely Postponed { Alaska will have to struggle| |along for another two years at least without legalizing common law marriages. The House didn't "see eye to eye with the Senate on this question and when Senator Lemen'’s bill on it bobbed up in the House Saturday afternoon, it met a rude reception. It was apparently a harmless lit- tle measure. It provided for com- mon law matrimonial alliances where the persons engaging therein resided in remote settlements and could not conveniently obtain the professional services of any of the persons authorized to perform mar- riages. But it was too liberal for the House. There the bill was indefi- | nitely postponed by a vote of 11 to 3, with two members absent at the time. Saturday afternoon, the Senate passed a House memorial and one House bill. The first was by Mr. Boyle and urged the Department of Agriculture to utilize one or more of its Alaska experimental arms for experimental work with fur-animals. - It passed a measure directing the | Attorney General to study and pre- | pare for submission to the 1933 session & plan for an income tax ' system suited to the Territory; and a second House bill to amend Chapter 21 of the session laws of 1919 relative to the filing at- tachment was lgst on a four to three vote, one less than the con- stitutional requirement. It studied 15 Senate bills and one Senate Concurrent resolution in second reading Saturday after-‘ noon. All of these are, except two, expected to come up today for final action. One by Mr. Di- mond, to provide for a writ of re- view by United States district courts in certain cases, was indefi- | nitely postponed by a unanimous vote after Mr. Dimond had ex- plained it would not do what it was designed for, and himself moved for its postponement. Another Senate bill, providing for an increase of $1,000 in the salary of Highway Engineer, was laid on the table. Mr. Dimond. its author, moved it be tabled as: another measure that would have! the same effect was before the Senate. The latter measure seeks to create the office of Superin-| tendent of Public Works and turns that job over to the Highway En-| gineer with a $1,000 salary. The Senate had been scheduled | Saturday to take up the Winn| Community Property measure but| it was carried over until today in | order to permit consideration of Associated Press Photo Warren R. Austin, republican, States Frank ene. PROTECTION OF WAGES MEASURE ENACTED TODAY Senate Passes Measure De- on the bill, declared Mr. Heller-| signed to Protect Lo- cal Wage Standard A measure to protect loeal le- j| | 43 bills, memorials and resolutions slected in Vermont to the United tive mining investigations te to succeed the late feated this HOUSE MEMBERS FOR DISPOSAL Longest Calendar of Term —Road Memorial In- | troduced by Foster ; The House today was cenfronted| with the longest calendar of th-| session which contained a tctal of | | 35 of which originated in (no| House and five in the Senate | At noon today it had completed | in second reading nine of its own| measures and had 15 others left in| the same status. Meney Cut Defeated i An effort to reduce by $5000 a meature for continuing This bill reporied from the Ways and Means Com- morning. on second reading, was mittee carrying an appropriation of $25,000, a minority of ~he Com- mittee recommending it be reduced to $20,000. Mr. Foster tried to tack on the amendmeut hnut lost by a vote of six for and nine against the adoption. Another amendment to the :ame measure to limit to within Alaska traveling expenses paid out of ‘hv‘ fund, was lost without a record vote. To put such a limitation ich and Mr. Donnelly, wou'd be m“ it defeat its object and render almost inoperative. Federal Highway Aid Extension of the Federal High- bor from influx of cheap labor Way Act is asked in a memorial in- from the States or a reduction in troduced today by Mr. Foster. He going wages in the Territory was 2150 introduced a Resolution urg- passed by the Senate today. Tt ing officials of the Territory to aims to require all contractors per- Purchase locally all supplies and forming work on public projeets Materials needed for the Terri- in the Territory to pay the going tOry. wage rates paid by private inter- ests on similar work. One of the provisions of the measure is aimed at sub-contrac- tors, and provides for reducing sub-contract payments to day wage basis. Passes Many Bills This was one of 13 measures passed by the Senate this morn- ing. A bill providing for a Board of Budget clothed with ample au- therity to submit a real budget to the Legislature every two years was passed without a dissenting vote. A measure repealing the ‘Wickersham Mining Act of 1912, limiting of placer ground and pro- viding for annual labor and an- other wiping out two supporting Territorial statutes, were also passed. Other bills receiving the approval of the Senate were: creating a Commission to survey the depend- ent children problem and recom- mend methods of handling it to the next Legislature; creating a Commission to prepare plans for constructing the new Pioncers’ Home; creating the position of Ithe leng list of Senate bills on Superintendent of Public Works to hand. be filled by the Highway Engineer; | authorizing a survey of the public TOKYO, Japan, April 20—Thom- as Ashe, American flier, is the first| to register with the newspaper Asahi as a contestant for its prize of $25,000 offered to the first for-| eigners to fly the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the United States. Ashe will make test Jlights next |new Spanish Republic within a | week. MRS. ELLIOTT RETURNS Mrs. Malcolm Elliott, wife of Ma- jor Elliott, president of the Alaska |Road Commission, returned home yesterday on the steamship Ala- B — school system and for the advisa- | bility of establishing a Divisional | High School at Nome; to appro-| 1 priate $5,000 to co-operate with the| Federal government in predatory ' animal control; continuation of veterinarian services for fur farm-! ers; relative to the residence of agents for foreign corporations; | providing for the administration of funds of the Alaska Agricultural b ! 'meda. She went to Seattle about three weeks ago. week in the Pacific, the old Brom- ley City of Tacoma plane. Seattle Political Writer Charged with Attempting to Extort;Released, Bonds present and attempted to talk to Nelson, but was_forbidden until after the charge had been filed. J. D. Ross, recently deposed City Light Superintendent, Wwas also present and congratulated Nelson on his release. SEATTLE, April 20—John W. Nelson, 'newspaper political writer, has been released on $2500 bail. He was charged in a Justice Court with extorting $990 from George Avery, City Utilities Superintend- ent, by threatening to have de- famatory articles published about Avery and Dan Boyle, City Street Superintendent, in a Seattle news- paper, Mayor Frank Edwards and Chief of Police Forbes said Nelson had marked money when arrested on a down town street. When Nelson was taken into court for hearing, Marion A. Zion- check, leader of the recall move- ment against Mayor Edwards was The recall movement began after Mayor Edwhrds deposed Ross the day before the recent city election. The City Council has refused to confirm four men nominated by the Mayor since then to succeed Rogs. Mayor Edwards charged Ross with negligence. Supporters of the recall movement accuse the present Administration of “friendliness to | private power interests.” e i Negro Porter Runs Amuck During Early Morning Hour Today HOUSTON, Texas, April 20—Al negro porter, Sonny Reed, aged 31, shot and killed his wife; wounded David Harris, aged 35, an attorney; | | Mrs. George Leach and Miss Janet | Arendale. The condition of Mrs. | Reed is critical. i | Reed was subject to nightmares. | Early this morning he had a night- | | mare and shot his wife three times | !in the abdomen as she lay in her | bed in her home, next door to the { Leach residence. ! 'Reed fled to the basement of his| {house and fired on Harris and the |two women with a shotgun when | | | | | single charge struck all three. Reed then barricaded himself | and shot himsef when detectives 'appeared. While on his way to the hospital in an ambulance Reed grabbed a pistol from a detective’s belt and shot himself in the abdo- | men and died. College and School of Mines; and concurring in the House amend- ments to a Senate bill for defi- | clency appropriations. Meets This Afternoon The Senate this afternoon had a number of House bills in second reading. It was scheduled to take up for further consideration the Winn Community Property Bill. e TODAY’ STOCK QUOTATIONS quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American Can 119, Anaconda Copper 31, Bethle- hem Steel 49%, General Motors ternational Harvester 497, Kenne- mons Beds 15':, Standard Brands 18, Standard Oil of California 42,1 Standard Oil of New Jersey 40%, United Aircraft 29%, U. S. Steel 130%, Curtiss-Wright 4, Hudson Bay 5%, Checker Cat 12, 11%, 12, Armour of Illinois Class A 2%, United Cigar 6%. | | NEW YORK, April 20—Closing | | | | The text of the road memorial follows: “Whereas, more than 98 per| cent of the total area of the Ter- ritory of Alaska is classed as Pub- lic Lands of the United States, or Reserves under various withdraw- | als from public entry, and “Whereas, two agencles of the United States Government, viz., the Bureau of Public Roads, acting under the Department of Agricul-| ture, and the Alaska Road Com- | mission, functioning under the War Department are engaged in the| building of roads and trails in| Alaska, each of said road building | agencies acting independent of the | other, each maintaining its own; corps of engineers, superintendents and office employees, and “Whereas, such duplication of overhead costs has caused to be| wasted a considerable portion of | the funds appropriated by Con-! gress, and { “Whereas, the Territory of Alas- ka has for many years appropri- ated a considerable portion of its | (Continuea on Page Two) - BODY OF GIRL DANGLES FROM ROPE ON TREE Discovery Made Sunday by | Party Looking for | Picnic Site ! | 20— | SAN DIEGO, Cal, April Dangling from the end of a 15- foot rope which had been thrown over a limb of a tree and anchored to another tree, the nearly-nude body of Louise Teuber, aged 17, { years, was found yesterday fore-| {noon on the outskirts of the city. | The discovery was made by T.| Martinez, who with his family, was seeking a picnic site. | The body was in a half sitting position with the heels resting on| the ground. The rope was tied laround the girl's throat in a knot | 437%, Granby Consolidated 16, In- | cOmmonly used by seamen Officers are trying to determine) they demanded he surrender. The'cott 22%, Packard Motors 8%, Sim- | Whether any of the girl's friends Raff” she charged was a th were sailors. The police are also| endeavoring to trace the owner- ship of an army blanket found near the scene of the crime. | The coroner is holding an au- topsy today to determine whether the girl had been criminally at- have 12 units of 1250 horsepower ‘i | tacked, yshould not SENT TO HONDUR Before stepping ashore from the the Earl of Bessborough, new neighbor, and his wife posed for press photographers, in the writing room of the ship at Halifax, where His Iixc ceived the Canadian Premier. French birth, will be even more welcome to a large part of the Land of the Maple Leaf. To Investigate of Alaska Railroad Belt; $250,000 Is Appropriated AMERICANS IN NICARAGUA TO BE PROTECTED National Guards Capable of Defense Is General Opinion MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 20 —Military authorities here contan there is no menace to Amer citizens in Nicaragua in the with drawal of United States Marines under the plan of complete tion recently announced | State Department. The Nicaraguan National Guard has heretofore been able to p adequate protection against In gent attacks. The Guards regarded as strong enough to ¢ tinue such protection after the Marine forces have left. BORAH MAKES STATFMENT WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20 —Senator William 3orah, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the American Marines should be with- drawn from Nicaragua dly and effectively as the situation can be adjusted, but the Government lose sight of the fact may be in- that American 1 volved.” SRLIWERLS Wife of Governor of Arizona Passes Away, Result of Operation PHOENIX, Arizona, April 20— Mrs. George W. P. Hunt, aged 63 vears, wife of the Governor of Arizona, died Saturday after an appendicitis operation, The Gov- ernor, who is 72 s at his wife's bedside - > Prima Donna Wins Libel Suit; Author of age, was Sentenced to Prison VIENNA, April 20.—Marie Je- ritza, Metropolitan Opera Com- pany prima donna, has won the each, AS 43 BILLS FACE Canada’s New Governor pj ATES RAGE IN 2 STATES, MIDOLE WEST 'One Townmgarly Wiped Out, 22 Buildings of 31 Are Destroyed WOODSMEN TRAPPED IN CIRCLE OF FIRE | | After Raging Flames Spread Over Area ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 20. —For fires in Northern Minne- sota and Wisconsin last Saturday night had taken a toll of two lives and destroyed thousands of dollars worth of property. One fire burned 22 of 31 build- ings in the town of Tipler. Two men were bnrned to death, Charles Dreyden, aged 45 years, and Louis Bruun, aged 50 years. liner that brought him to Canada. Their charred bodies were found Governor-General of our northern in a lake in the burned over area They are shown near Morse, Wisconsin. It is be- lency re- lieved they were trapped in a circle Lady Bessborough, because of her o¢ flame trying to control the blaze with back-fires. Both were experienced woodsmen. RAIN FALLS MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, April Resources 20—The fire which swept the Northern part of Wisconsin and upper Michigan is reported this afternoon to haye subsided after soaking rains and dying winds. PROMIBITION OPPOSEDFOR WASHINGTON, April 20—The \n:u.)( significant effort yet made {to determine the mineral values| | of Alaska will be carried out this| summer by the Department of the Interior ‘The recent Congress appropriated | | [ 1$250,000 “for continuation of the! HIEF E Investigation of mineral and other | resources of Alaska,” along the! Alaska Raflroad. ~ This is in ad-| A dition to the regular appropriation Senator James Hamilton for work in Alaska # 5 “The appropriation was placed 1n| Lewis Makes His the hands of Secretary Wilbur and Declaration work chief- | he has organize \ i 7 ly through the Geological Survey.| SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 20. Though this spe appropriation | _ynited States Senator James is not available until July 1, the gamilton Lewls, outstanding Dem- Geological Survey, considering the | ocrat leader, declared here he was short working season in Alaska, opposed to any attempt to make has arranged to make advances prohibition a leading issue in the from its own funds that the WOrK next Presidential campaign. may be started early and fulll «1t is more important that we season of results attained this year.!feeq the hungry and restore pros- As fast as given A0MS,| perity than to provide drink either are completed they b ias an expression of liberty or to : ported and the facts made tisfy luxury,” said the Senator. {able in Alaska without refe R R !to Washington To Examine Coal Ridge |“Please Clean One of the major projects in Llns-"(,'“n'n Asks ;invr.stn.:a:mn will be an examina-| o Ition of the Anthracite Ridge coal|Student Suicide field in the vicinity of the m“,x(.l fratiiis Railroad. This will include de- ITHACA, N. Y. April 20— tained surface investigations in-| Jere G. Baldwin, aged 20, of Paris, | cluding test pitting and trenching France, Cornell University sophi:- in the Anthracite Ridge c there are known veins | more al field, | more, was found shot through the head in the Sigma Phi Sigma fra- 0 feet thick, subsurface core|ternity House. The coroner said drilling and investigations in the it was a case of suicide. Anthracite Ridge coal field, entail-| A note: “I did it on purpose; ing about 4,000 feet of core drill-| please clean the gun,” was found. | ing. Examinations of reported| Baldwin's father is Vice-Presi- new prospects and re-examinations'dent of the General Electrict com= (Continued on Page Seven) pany in Paris. Bureau of Prohibition Slips Over New Proposal,; Woodcock Liable to Quit WASHINGTON, D. C.,. April 20 'HE need of revising text books rom which the effe of alcohol on the human body are taught in schools in 46 states, Saturday in a monos public by the Prohibition Prohibition Director Wi said laboratory studies had shown that the “quantity of alcohol con- seen in the statement he would welcome appointment to a Federal Judgeship. His name has been mentioned for a Judgeship vacancy In Baltimore where he was for= merly United States Attorney. Going to Hawaii Woodc: left the Capital last Saturday afternoon on a protracted inspection trip through the North- tained in a quart of 2.75 per cent | west. He said he planned to con- Woodeock m \quish his | and Federal laws on “hygiene and n Director was | scientific temperance.” | libel suit against Roderich Mueller |beer or in a pint of 10 per cent|tinue to Hawaii. He bad pur- - Gutterbrunn, whose novel “Riff|wine, has direct and positive re- |chased passage to Honolulu last y s on the human system He | fall when hurriedly recalled to veiled cartoon of hersel he au- suggested a revision to insure “ac- | Washington from San Francisso thor has bee sentenced to one curacy in line with recent scien-|by President Hoover and Attorney month in prison. ti. developments.” General Mitchell for a series of - - P May Quit Post Conferences. A gas compressor station under —Simultaneously with the release| The, monograph contained the | construction at Fritch, Texas, will of the monograph, possibility | t .dizest ever made of the state